State size comparison

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South Carolina is about 47 times bigger than Houston.

Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km, making South Carolina 4,601% larger than Houston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Houston vs. South Carolina uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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